1 Maccabees 8:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ Those whom they wished to help ascend to a throne became kings; those whom they wished to depose were overthrown. As a result, they were greatly exalted. ¹⁴ Yet for all this not one of them ever put on a crown or wore purple as an emblem of authority. ¹⁵ They had built a senate house where each day three hundred and twenty senators deliberated on how best to achieve the well-being of the people.